# 民法 / Civil Code — 第二百三十三条 (Article 233) - Law: 民法 (Civil Code), 明治二十九年法律第八十九号 - English title "Civil Code": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第二百三十三条 (Article 233)（竹木の枝の切除及び根の切取り） — address `art-233` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-233 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-233 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二百三十三条（竹木の枝の切除及び根の切取り） — (Cutting of Branches and Roots of Trees and Bamboo) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-233 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-233 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-233 **第一項** 土地の所有者は、隣地の竹木の枝が境界線を越えるときは、その竹木の所有者に、その枝を切除させることができる。 art-233/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-233/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-233/par-1 If a tree or bamboo branch from neighboring land crosses a boundary line, the landowner may have the owner of that tree or bamboo sever that branch. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合において、竹木が数人の共有に属するときは、各共有者は、その枝を切り取ることができる。 art-233/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-233/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-233/par-2 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the tree or bamboo belongs to several co-owners, any of the co-owners may cut off the branch. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の場合において、次に掲げるときは、土地の所有者は、その枝を切り取ることができる。 art-233/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-233/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-233/par-3 In the case referred to in paragraph (1), an owner of land may cut off the branch in the following cases: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 竹木の所有者に枝を切除するよう催告したにもかかわらず、竹木の所有者が相当の期間内に切除しないとき。 art-233/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-233/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-233/par-3/item-1 if the owner of the tree or bamboo does not cut off the branch within a reasonable period of time despite receiving a notice requesting the owner to do so; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 竹木の所有者を知ることができず、又はその所在を知ることができないとき。 art-233/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-233/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-233/par-3/item-2 if identity of the owner of the tree or bamboo cannot be ascertained, or the owner's whereabouts cannot be ascertained; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 急迫の事情があるとき。 art-233/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-233/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-233/par-3/item-3 if there are pressing circumstances. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 隣地の竹木の根が境界線を越えるときは、その根を切り取ることができる。 art-233/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-233/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-233/par-4 If a tree or bamboo root from neighboring land crosses a boundary line, the owner of the land may sever that root. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-233/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第二百三十三条第一項 (Article 233, paragraph (1)), art-233/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-233/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-233/par-1 - art-233/par-3: 第一項 → 民法 第二百三十三条第一項 (Article 233, paragraph (1)), art-233/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-233/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-233/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第二百九条第一項第三号（隣地の使用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-209/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-209/par-1/item-3 - 民法 第二百三十三条第二項（竹木の枝の切除及び根の切取り） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-233/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-233/par-2 - 民法 第二百三十三条第三項（竹木の枝の切除及び根の切取り） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-233/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-233/par-3 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 民法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/129AC0000000089/20260624_508AC0000000045), retrieved 2026-10-11 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Civil Code — Ministry of Justice translation (part 1 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4848/tb), retrieved 2026-10-11 - This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11